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A control of females' numer in the colony is observed among the antSphærocrema striatula. This control tends instituting monogyny or haplometrosis (Wheeler). The experiment related in this publication shows how the workers eliminate the supernumerary females. It has not been possible clearing up the reasons of the workers' choice in the elimination or keeping of females.
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Soulié, J. Le contrôle par les ouvrières de la monogynie des colonies chezSphærocrema striatula (Myrmicidæ Cremastogastrini). Ins. Soc 11, 383–388 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02227435
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02227435